CHESEMAN, John (d.1592), of New Romney, Kent.

Chamberlain, New Romney 1542 – 43, jurat from 1547, bailiff 1549 – 50, 1554 – 55, 1558 – 59, 1562 – 63, mayor 1563 – 64, 1573 – 74, 1579 – 80, 1584 – 85, 1591 – 92; bailiff to Yarmouth 1551, 1559, 1574; speaker of the brodhull of the Cinque Ports 1579.Cinque Ports white bk. ff. 232, 241, 250; black bk. ff. 4, 27, 49, 58; Arch. Cant. xxvii. 51; CPR, 1560–3, p. 499.